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Adam Kinzinger: “We've allowed leaders to reach power selling the false premise that strength comes from degrading others. As a country…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2021
We've allowed leaders to reach power selling the false premise that strength comes from degrading others. As a country, we've fallen for those lies and now, we face a poisoned country filled with outrage blinding our ability to achieve real strength.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Adam Kinzinger discusses the negative impact of political leaders who promote division and falsehoods.

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